apexomni-client

GHSA-m2m6-vvcg-6hqm

Malicious code in apexomni-client (PyPI)

Details

**Severity:** Critical

**Affected versions:** `= 99.99.99`

## Source: kam193 (497dca02206d8084e5a7e135245489a5ef9dd03f318b138574bc43386ddac0ef)
During installation, multiple sensitive environment variables are being exfiltrated.


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Category: MALICIOUS - The campaign has clearly malicious intent, like infostealers.


Campaign: 2026-05-apexomni-client


Reasons (based on the campaign):


 - exfiltration-env-variables


 - dependency-confusion


 - exfiltration-credentials


 - The package overrides the install command in setup.py to execute malicious code during installation.

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Credit: [OpenSSF](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages) ([source](https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/apexomni-client/MAL-2026-3235.json))

**References:**
- https://bad-packages.kam193.eu/pypi/package/apexomni-client
- https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/49d0cfba3689ed9b195d101d3a2a964c6a77f767/osv/malicious/pypi/apexomni-client/MAL-2026-3235.json
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-m2m6-vvcg-6hqm

Compromised versions (1)

= 99.99.99

Any computer that installed or ran a compromised version should be considered fully compromised. Rotate every secret on that machine from a clean environment.